Stand In or Stand Out

Many people choose to stand in; those who do fall in line, conversing between the should’ves and the could’ves. When you stand in, you play it safe attempting to minimize exposure of any liability, risk, or mishap- anything that could make you look foolish. When you stand out, you expose yourself to all of the risks- becoming the sole beneficiary of liability and ridicule. Stand out’s understand the liability of such risks but also realize maximum exposure begets the highest payoffs. Nothing worthwhile will be accomplished until you learn to stand out. No cure, no inventor, no entrepreneur, no Nobel Peace Prize winner, no minority president, nor any civil rights activist ever decided to play it safe and stand in; they stood out for what they believed in and left an indelible mark –no feat was too big, no words were too hurtful, no wall too high to scale; they did not allow anyone or anything to stand in their way. Stand in and allow inaction and circumstances to deliver a paltry future of happenstance-living a life of a slave to other people’s dreams…or you could choose to stand out, maximize your risk, become the heir of liability, and write your own future. It’s better to have tried and failed, than to never have tried at all. Stand out and ship.

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Comment by Marsh Buice on July 24, 2011 at 9:32am: Thanks for the comment Leonard. Hope you have a gr8 Sunday...I need some football :)

Comment by Leonard Buchholz on July 24, 2011 at 9:15am: Great quote..."paltry future of happenstance". Nice post Marsh.

Comment by Marsh Buice on July 21, 2011 at 7:22pm: Well said my brother! Thanks Tony for your input as always u r on point!

Comment by Tony Provost on July 21, 2011 at 6:35pm: MB- ALI. Is the stand out king!! Took the biggest risk for his beliefs, in the most difficult times. MASSIVE risk, MASSIVE rewards. Great job, MARSH!!

Comment by Stephanie Young on July 21, 2011 at 11:32am: You can't win the lottery if you don't buy a ticket....lol.

Comment by Marsh Buice on July 21, 2011 at 11:01am: Always love hearing from you my brother! Ole' Babe struck out more than he connected! The more at bats the better you become. Cant hit it out of the park if you never step up to the plate!

Comment by Marsh Buice on July 21, 2011 at 10:09am: Well, well put Stephanie! Thats the icing....thank you!

Comment by Stephanie Young on July 21, 2011 at 9:52am: I often tell people that I don't get up every morning to go through the extra effort to shave my legs, fix my hair, put on makeup and walk around in high heels because I want to loose at the game....I am here to win. So for the stand outs in this world, consider this.....Failure is an option.....but quitting is not. To be a true stand out, you must never give up and fall back in line!!

Comment by Marsh Buice on July 21, 2011 at 8:49am: Thanks Jim...thanks for the inspiration too!